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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-09-02

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If PflJU JPfllwll SwttMICilll al H IL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, S El'T. 2. ibEiT" no! 3 , ... . i ii i , i i i n I j. ii i ..i i i. i. . - - A- lb 1:-, V iUl. VUlUUl JILM'UULIUAIN. session a six pound cannon nnd about b WASHINGTON ON terms: $2,00 Per Annum, If in Advance. ADVEIITISIKG' - The Rifvilioan has the largest rlrculntion in lha count; and la, therefore, the bent medium through which business rnon can advertise. Ad VertUoments will be inserted at tlio followin RATK8. e I o s , a square $ c. $ c. $ c.' c. $ c. $, c , c t n. ,1 001 35 1 75 2 25 3 00 3,50 4,50 G 00 S sqr's., 1 75 3 25 3 25 4 25 5 25 6,00 0,75 8 00 S sqr's., 2 5(3 504 50 '& 00 C 00700 fM0 10 nqr'11,, 3 50 4 00 5 00 fi OH 7 00 8,00 1000 IT" 1 aqtiare changeable) monthly, $IO;weekly, $15 column chancabln quarterly J5 ( column changeable quarterly, 18 Kcolumachangeahle quarterly 25 1 column changeable quarterly 40 ITTwclvo Hue In this typo, are counted a square. , iCTElitorial notices of advertisements, or teallinirattenMon to any enterprise intended to bmiefit individuals or corporations, will be thvifed for at the rate of 10 cents per line. C Special notices, before marriages, ortakine; fcirgee lence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. HTXotices for moetiiiirs, charitable societies, Src companies, Ac, half price. iHT Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-h ill' more Minn regular rates. ID .111 transient advertisements to be pnid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for a dofinitctime inontioncd THE WAR INKANSAS-PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE AT FRANKLIN.From Chicago papers of Saturday eveningFor copies of which, in ndvnnco of the mail, we are indebted to the kindness of a friend wc tnke the following letter, written by Mr. Wm. Strawn, a gentleman who went out lo Kansas 'at the head of a company of cmigrnnts from Ottawa, III., recently, and was driven back on the Mil- j eouri river by llie ruffi ins. It gives a full ci'SMun n six pound cannon and about a hundred aland of United States muskets, iili which tin v h id annoyed, robbed anl murdered peaceable citis-.1 ns as (hey liked, unm last wcck some oi luo free fct.ite men concluded to drive them out. They were I a.m.. in a log nouse line a up lort iuBbion, and the Free Slate men had nothing better limn ennrpe s rules with which lo make the assault and hence worked to great disadvantage. They succeeded in getting ono of their met, killed and Jwo badly, and two more ilightly wounded, when they found it nccissmy to change their mode of attack A wagon filled with dry hay was procured and having been sit on firo was run up against the house, when the ruffians cried for qunrler in timo to save the house, and wsgon too. Most of the hounds had made their escape in the darkness and probably carried away all the arms Ihey could. The Frio Slnto party obtained eighty guns, mostly with bayonets, one six-pound cannon, about twelve hundred pounds of bacon, beside a quantity of flour, sugar, coffee, etc., together with fourteen priso ners. All the articles except the prisoners were much needed by the free state men, and all they could do with them was to exact a promiso that they would leave the country; they then let them go. Some of these same prisoners were sren within two hours with guns on their shoulders. You may ask why they did not shoot the miscreants on the spot, instead of lettintr them go to commit similar outrages to those already committed. When the most abandoned men cry for quarter, however indignant or c-nrnged we may fuel toward them for their cruellies, we relent and refuse lo in flict on them the punishment our reason tells us justice requires. I remain yours for God and the right Wm. Etbawh. P. S. Should any one object to the nnmo "hounds," by which we designate these murderers and" robbers, I will only remnrk, (lint in the more expressive nnd emphatic language of the Free State Mis-sovriun, they are designated "hell hound." SLAVERY. A Black Record. The Buchanan Press of the Free S ntcs are assiduous in their efforts to induce I ! I I . . ... .1... I ... L...1.. I ' c mm i.u, nccuunt o, .,, , uim e nftAm () lMf Franklin, firmer details of which have dftle g R d rftolI nm, wi jr (I(C. bjen sogrossly perverted by p.o-Slave.y ,d .nrovebllue interests of the North. - . T . - reporters Topeka, K. T.. Aug. 14, 1055. Mk'siis Editors. The advance guard of "Col. Line's men" arrived at this place to-day at about 2 o'clock P. M., altir a wearisome j urr.ey of about four weeks from Iowa City. The writer hs been with them a liitlu more than half that time, nnd Inkes pi ns-ure in testifying to their good bebuvior and inlelliger.ee. When so many men get together, it requires a good share of principle, patience and good sense on the part of all, to get non without some difficulty ; but, as I have raid elsi where, these were most of them picked men, and worthy the cause in 'which they were engaged. Tney are men of peace, and in Kansus will moLstnoonc who docs not attempt to impose upon them. The Chicago, Ottowi, and Massachusetts companies who was robbed on the Missouri river, are here, and will not bo robbed the second time, but are ready to reiaketlnir property whenever found. With regaid to tie difpoEricn of the "army," and the diff. rent seats of its future fields of ptnciful industry or determined war, ns our enemies may elect, I would inform your readers and all interested, that after founding the town of Plymouth, and peopling it with at this time more than a hundred sou's, ihe first morning after we entered the Territory, we nexl founded ihe Town of L' x'nglon a day's march farthtr into the country nnd towards Toptka, pcopleing it at the same time with about sixty inhabitants. Twoda's march further and between the Kickapoo and Pottawattomie Reserves, was planted nnother village and inhabited by about eighty person. The remainder of this "advance guard" came on to this place, and lid scarcely arrived, (ill a messenger came informing us that Major Iloyt, of Lawrence, had bten taken piuoner.and shot by a band of Gov. Shannon's militia, who are entrenched on Washington creek, about ten miles from Lawrence. The messenger came wi.h a request for volunteers to help drivo the marauders from their strong position, when the business or the messenger was made knowu to the men by the different conductors, ihe men all volunteered, while at the sarfte time conveyances could be had for only about a hundred, nd how to make the division without sorely disappointing those left behind, the conductors could not tell. Finally, as the Chicago, Ottawa, and Massachusetts ccmpnnies had once been robbed by these hounds of slavery, the preference was given to them. As secrecy was somewhat necessary, wc did not start till nesrly sundown. The distance being thirty miles, and over n rough road, we did not arrive in (be Free State Camp till about daybreak this morning, where we found assembled within one hour nfter we arrived, about three hundred men all eager for the conflict. . But during the night affairs had become complicated, as usual, by the appearance of a squad of United 8tales soldiers, dirown between the murderers and the people assembled for their dispersion. As usual, after having committed the coldblooded murder of Major Uo) t, the Governor sent them a guard. This same company of soldiers are the remains of a company of about eighty South Carolinians, Georgians and Alabamians, who lately enlisted as United Stales soldiers for the very prpose in which they are now engngei. When I left the camp in the forenoon, it lisd not been decided whether to route the hounds, soldiers and all ; or to make a demonstration against some other kennel, in order lo drsiw off the ruffian soldiery and loute the murders then. Befors closing this long letter, I will fcritfly state the circumstances in regard to Ihe attack made on the ruffians' fort in the lown of Franklin. last 8tlurdsy night.. Ihe Southera hoouds had there in pos- To show what confi lence the North could have in him, we give tho following record of his acts, whiisn we cut from the Charles ton (South LnrolinaJ Jlercuiy, a paper that gives Buchanan nn enrnest support. After a review of Buchanan's course in reference to the Compromise of 1850, the Mertu y says : This brings down his record on slavery, to his signature of the Oslcnd letter for the acquis'rion of Cub, nnd his endorsement of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise line, and of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. To sum tip the record : In 1C3G, he advocated and voted for bill lo prevent the admission of incendiary publications through the mails. He advocated and voted for the admis sion of Aikni.sr.s. He opposed and denounced petitions for the abolition of sluvtry in the Dutrict of Columbi:. , In 1 C37, ho voted for Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, which embraced a complete, conclusive and dinct assertion of iho consti tutional righls of the Suites, of slavery, and of die ol'uialwns of Lo)ares to "sthenctiien and uphold" THE INSTI TUTIONS OF THE SOUTH. In 1838-39 and 40, he voted constantly with Mr. Calhoun, in laying aboli.ion pi titions on the table. In 1845, he advocated and voted for the Annexaiion of Texas. In 1847, he sustained the Clayton Compromise.In Ib50, he urged tic faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law upon the people of the Noi th, nnd openly remonstrated against tho State of Pennsylvania denying lo die Fediral authorities ihe use of her prisons lor the detention oi lugiuve slaves. Jn 1854. he advocated acquisition ot uu-ba.In 1856, he sustnins the repeal of tho Missturi Compromise line, and the Nebraska bill. On all occasions, and under all circumstances, in the face of opposition in his own State, and among his own people, during a career of lh':ty-six years in Con gress, in the Cabinet, and in retirement, by his tpecches and by his votes, Mr. Gu chanan has been the same unwavering and consistent defender of the Constitution, the equality of the States, nnd the rights and honor of the South. We challenge the production of a single-act of his life tainted with Frecjoiiism or hosti ity to the South." Will Northern Freemen support a man with such a rtcord ? We think not. A Judicial Method of Letting Light into the Body. Judob Hublbcrt. This esteemed democrat, now a resident of llermiker county, made a routing Fa monl speech nt lllion, on Friday last. The Independent says he enlivened his condemnation of Fillmore's slave law with the following anecdo'e: Once, when the Judge returned from Albany to New Yoik, where he had been attending to his official duties, he met a number of the Castle Garden Union Saving Committee in the streets, and in the course of conversation remarked that if a certain Fugitive Slave case had been cal-Kd before him, after hearing counsel, and finding a clear ease, he should have taken great pleasure in giving the negro his free dom. "Then," said the Union saver, "1 would have tuken you by the collar and hurled you from the Bench." "Had you undertaken lhat'tatk, and I been aware of it, I would have prepared myself, and put more light through your body than ever you had in your brain," replied the Judge. Albany ' Journal. ,'. r. The poor pittance of seventy yesrs is not worth being a villain for. What matters it if your neighbor lies in a fp!en-did tomb? Slp tbou in inoecnof, - w The following extracts are made from the writings of George Washington, in twelve volumes, by J.irud Sparki. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1847. If Washington wtra living now, and would avow hiich sentiments as these, he would bo banished from Virginia, and the black democracy from one end of tho Union to tho other, would brand him as a sec-tionalist, dlsunionist and abolitionist. "Tho scheme, my dear Marquis, which you propose as a precedent to encourago the emancipation of tho black people in this country, from that state of bondage in which they are held, is a strikinnrcvidenco of the benevolence of your heart. I shall be hnppy to join you in so lnudablo a woik; but will defer coim; into a detail of the bu siness till I have the pleasure of seeing you." Letter to Lafayette, April 5th, 1701, VUl-114. "I hope it will not bo conceived from these observations that it is mv -vsinh hold the unhappy people, who are the sunject oi tins letter, in tlavery. I can on ly say, that there is not a man livinr. hn wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adop:ed for tho abolition of it, but there is only ono proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is hv nmintvn atitlir..!:.. nnA .1.1.. r..u j ,v i.uwjviiij', mm una, na lur as my sua rage wiil go, shall never ha want ing." Letter to Robert Morris, April 12ih, 1 I CO, 1A, 10U. "I never mean, unless some'parlicular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess anotner slave by purchase, it be ing among my Grst wishes to see some tlan j . . j i , . ... r uuopiea oy which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." Letter to John U. Mercer, Sept, 9ih, 1786, IX. 159, "The benevolence of vour heart, mv dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it; but your lite purchase of an estate in the colony of Cay enne, with a view of (mnncipaling Ihe slaves on it, is a noble nnd generous proof of your humani ly. Would lo God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of Un people of ill is country. But I despair of seeing it. oiimo petitions wero presented to the Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they coulJ scarcely obtain a rtadinu'. To set the slaves afloat nt mice woul.l, I really believe, be productive of much inconvenience and mischief, but by dfgices it certainly might and assuredly ought to be ffl't-ctcd, and that looby legislative nu horily." Letter to Lafayette, May 10Ji, 178C, IX, 1G3. rSpenkins; of the prices of lands bcinfr v . o nigiier m I'ennFylvania thnn in Maryland and Virginia, though not of superior qual ity, usningion gave as one ol the reasons "because there are laws here for the grad ual abolition of slavery, which neither of the two States above mentioned have at present, but which nothing is more certain than that they must have, and at n period not remote." Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Dec. lltb, 1796, XII, 626. , JEFFEBSON ON SLAVERY. His views as expressed by letter to M. D. Miiboij of the French 'legation, on his course in the Virginia Legislature, where he introduced a bill to abolish slavery.lie said: Our minds were circumscribed within uairow limits, by a habitual belief that it wm! our Ju y to ba subordinate to the mother country in matters of Government, to direct alt our labors in subsidence to her interests, and even to observe a bigoted intolerance of all religions but hers. The difficulties of our Represen'a lives were of habit and despair, not of re-fleciron andconviotion. Jefferson's Life, page 36. IS HIS MOTES T.) M. MAKDOU He said: Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only Grm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gifts of lioof J bat they are to be violated but with his wrath. Indeed I tremble for my couutry when I reroembi;r that GoJ is just, that his justice cannot sleep forcvir; that considering numbers, nature, and natur il means, only a revolution in the wheel of fortune, on exchange of situation possible; that it becomes probably by supernatural inteferenccl Tho Almighty has no attribute which can take sides tth us in such ft contest. Life, page 37. The following was penned by Mr. Jef ferson while in France upon learning of the passage of a Bill in the Virginia Legislature without his anti-slavery amendment: "What a stupendous work, what an in comprehensible machine is man! who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and death i'self, in vindication of his own iberly, and the nixl momvnt bo deaf to all those motives whose power supported him through his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with mure misery, thau a"cs of that which ho rose in rebellion to oppose I But we must await with ptiiencv thi work ings of on overruling Providence, and that lliul ie preparing the deliverance of lltese our suffering brethren. When Ihs measure of their (enrs shall be full, when I In i r groans shall nave invoiven Heaven in ugli ness, doubtless a liod ol justice ill awake In tln ir r'nlri'ss nml bv fllllusuirr Ui lit and , . a a liberty among their oppressors, or nt length by his ex'eraioa'.ing uundor, manifest attention to the things of this world, nnd they are not left lo ihe guidance of a blind fatality. Life, page 142. jKFrsasoN wiots as rotLows T) A fbiend: Tho whole commerce between master and slave is a perpelu il exercise of the most boisterous pasnions, (he most uo remitting despotism on lite on a part, and degrading submission on the other. Our ehiUren see this and learn lo imitate it, for man is an imitative animal, this quality is llie germ of all education in him. from his cradle to his grave he is L-arnnig to do what hu sees others do. If a pareni ccu'd Gad no other motive either in his philanthropy or self l"ve, for restraining the intemperance of passion towards his slave, it khould be always a sufficient one that his child i ntcnt. Jut g tttrall I: is cot sufficient, The parent storms, the child louks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same, airs in the circls of smal ler slaves, gives loose to his worst passions ana thus nursed, educated, and daily educated in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it, with odious peculiarities. The man must bo a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undeprnved, by such circumstances. And with what txecrution should the Statesman be loaded, who permitting ono half of tho citizens thus to trample on the rights of the other; transforming those into despots, and these into enemies; destroying tho morals of ono part and the love of couutry of the other. For if a slave can have a country in this world it must be any other than that in which he is oorn to l.vo and labor for nnothir; in which ho must lock up tho faculties of his j niiturfl, contributes as far as depends oa his individual endeavors to Ihe evanishment of the human rnco, or entail his own miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding fiom hitn. Life, page 185. wehteii on n-wnr.v, Said Mr. Webster in his Marshfield speech in 1848: "I ft el that thero is nothing unjust, nothing of which any honest man can complain, if he is intelligent, and I fec i that there is nothing of which ihe ciiilized world, if Ihey lake notice of so humble an individual m myself, will repreiich me when I say, as I said the oihir day, that I have made up my mind, for one, that under no circumstances will I consent lo Ihe extension of the area of slareiy in the United States, or to the further increase of slave representation in the House of It presentatives." And again, in 1850: "Sir, wherever there isa particular good to be done; wherever there is a foot of laud to be staid back from becoming slave ter-rilory, I r.m ready to assert the principle of Iho exclusion of slavery." On another occasion in 1850, Mr. Clay said: "I have said that I could never vote for it myself; nnd I repeat that I never can and never will vote, and no earthly power ever will make me vote, to spread slavery over territory where it does not exist." Buchanan not Banning. The following sctr.e, which happened at Eston, Pa, is given by the New York Times : Two old associates, who had in former years worked shoulder lo shoulder in the phalanx of "the unterrified," chanced to meet, and feeling a natural curiosity, in these changeful days, as to each other's present political whereabouts, a brief col on uy ensuod: "Well Judge," says the first interlocu tor, "where do you stand? You go iu for Buchanan, I suppose?" "Sir," responds the other, "there is no man I have thought more of than Jim liu chanan. I should like to go for Jim Bu chanan, and I would go for Jim Buchanan, if he was running; but as he isn't a candi date, I must go for some one else." "Not running! !not a candidate! Why, Judge. I am a little dull; I shall have to ask for an explanation.' Its plain enough. I said Jim Buchanan was not running, and I have his word for it sir. Jim Buclnnan has extinguished himself ; changed, merged, transmogrified iiimsen into a platform, uon t he my so himself iu his acceptance of the Cincinna'i nomination ? I tell you that it is not Buchanan, Sir, hut the Cincinnati Matfam that is running ; and as I don't like the Platform, and have a fancy for voting lor a man, I shall vote for Fremont, sir." A Man with Eleven Wivts. Thero is said to be now living in ihe neighborhood of Glasgow, Scotland, a Kdy in her one hundred nnd S'.vemh year; and v,eiy recently another female isjeported to have died at Ihe ago of one hundred and one; while a carpenter named John Walney died in Glasgow, in 1757, who was actually one hundred and twenty four years old. lie mairied eleven wives, all of whom he buried, and of I is seventeen children lire survived him, wh.iFe unnited rges amounted to three hundied and twerty six years. Sizt! of tub West. Illinois would make forty such States ns lltiodn Iiland and Minnesota sixty. Missouri is larger than all New Englnnd. Ouio .exceeds cither Ireland or Scotland, or Portugal, and equals Belgium and Switzerland together. Missouri is more than half as large as Italy, and largT than Denmark, Holland, Belgium nnd Swilz-rlnnd. Missouri and Illinois are larger than England, Seo'.hind, Ireland nnd Wnles. From tin Ulchniond (Vs.) Enquirer me irue issue. The Democrats of the South in the present canvass sannot rely on Ihs old1 grounds of dufeneo and excuse for Slavery j for they seek not merely lo rutain it where it is, hut extend it into regions where ii is unknown. Much less cm, they rely on the mere constitutional guarantees of Slavery, for l ueh reliance is pregnant with ihe admissoin that Slavery is wrong, and but for the Constitution should bt abolished. This constitutional argument Air Slavery, standing alone, fully justifies the Ab-litionistc. They are clearly right, if Slavery bo morally wrong, for to get rid of it under the Constitution, is confessedly im practicable. In truth, tho Constitution cannot help Slavery, if it be a violation of tho laws of God and of morality, In that case, the Constitution should be changed, or the free States should secede, rather than continuo to guaranty what they consider immorral Hi'd profane. Tho Constitution cannot help Slavery fur nnother reason. That institu tion, txtinding through fifteen States, and iuttr-ramiGud with the interests, tho feelings, and ihe very existence of many millions of men, is much stronger than the Constitution. It would bo far easier to change or violate the Constitution, thnn to abolish Slavery. Besides Slavery is old'.r than tho Constitution, existed before it.and independently of it. We derive no right to our slaves from it, and weaken our cause by seeming to rely on it. Nor will it avail us aught to show that the negro is most happy and best tituated in the condition of Slavery. If we slop there, we weaken our cause by the very argument intended to advance it; for we propose to introduce into new territory, human beings whom we assert to bo until for liberty, self-government, nnd equal association with other men. We must go a step further. We mut show that African Slavery is moral, religious, natural, and probably, in (he general, ft necessary in stitution of society. This is the only line of arrangement that will enablo Southern Democrats to maintain the doctrines of State equality and Slavery extension. For if Slavery be not a legitimate, useful, moral, nnd expedient institution, wc c mnot, without reprotf of conscience and the blush of shame, seek to extend it, or assert our equality with those States having no such institution. Noithcin Democrats need not go thus far. They do not seek to extend Slavery, but only agree to its extension as a matter of right on our part. They may prefer their own social system to ours. It is best that they should. Our friends are conservatives at home, and conservatives of the Union conservative of religion, of marriage, of property, of State institutions, nnd of Federal institutions. . But whilst social Springfield, Mt. Vernon nnd Pittsburgh xinuroaa Mr. KmroB leehng deep Interest In tliOKllairs of Die BminirnVld. Mt. Vernon and Pitt, burgh Itui.road, the completion of which wouiu uo oi ucn signal bent fit to the city of Mi. Vernon, ana! even mors so to Knox county ; and believing Ihr.t a l!t tie light in reference to the subject would noi pe unacceptable to the people at th:s time, the writer of these paragraphs nas laien me pains lo collect some lolor roation regarding iho prospects of this rona. ins inquiries instituted for this purpose, have for their result the tabular statement given below. The figures of hub siaiement may lie relied upon as correct, since ihey have been obtuiued at Lead quarters: Arrangements arc being mado with tho Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago K tilroad Co. by which thnt Company lakes of Preferred Slock of tho S. Mt.V- & P. lload, 675,000 A like arrangement are being made with tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lUihoad Co... 75,000 In addition to the above, an arrangement is also being made, by which contractors sgroe to take $200,000 of second mortgage bonds, eastern divi.ion, 6. Ml. V. & P. Tioad, in payment cn ennstruciion of work yet lo bo done, at 75 cents on the dollar 160,000 Unpaid tubsoriplioii8 in Knox county, available and not collected, at least 50,000 Unpaid subscription of O. & P. Kailroad 23,000 they mav prefer their own social system they will have to admit in this canvass thnt ours is also rightful nnd legitimate, and sanctioned alike by the opinions, usiges of .. ' j mankind, and by the authority and express P e. , f injunctions of Scripture They cannot Xi of $373,000 The above is the amount of cash means which the ofllcr rs of ih Company are con fident oi having the commnnd of in a very short lime, all to bo applied lo the construction of the road east of Delaware. Besides this, there will remain cn hand 8 158,000' of the Company's second mortgage Bonds on the Eastern Division of their road. If these can be disposed of, cn terms as lavornble as lias been obtained Lett r from au Irishman. Editor Clsrrlsnd L'fSilt-r. . Last Thursday I sent ft brief letter tot (ho t li orof the I'lain Dialer, asking at' a subsoriber and reader of his jiurnal, toj ezpre:s n few sentiments which animate my n,ind, After reading the communication he said he would "publish and answefc it at tli same lime;" bat has not as ye( done ti.I.er, actf iherefoie I ask from you ihe privilege te express the sentiments oon taiiud in sail ktUr. ,,., , I am an Irishman. Bafore I trod yoifij beautiful soil I haJ read the history and eoastilation of tho Uuited States una Inn- ged, hicause born unJer aernel despotism io see the day when I could breathe the free air of American liberty. After coming here I ia eomraoi with my countrymen looked to the Democratic party, aa the, ono whiso principles were more in harmony with the spirit and letter of the consti-tution: so I nlays gave them my humble support. But S;r, on close ex ittiination I tind that Democratic W(forundraciM are two very different things. It was asserted in the Plain DoaM Mt Herbert, tho brutal muderer of my countryman, (Kcatin.j) "wai a Know Noth. ing," And later, that alter tho triaf aud acquittal of Herbert, ho could he.jr,. pel led Iroin the House, aud thereby weaken the char.ee of the Democratic candi-j dale for President, if the choice should go to that body. Now, if Herbert is a Know Nothing, according to the Plain Dealer, how can his "exnuUion" weaken the Dem-! ocatie cause? The insonsisteney is too plain not to bo seen. By the blood of the murdered Keating,) which has b-.-en made to flow by the haud of a Democratic Legislator, and the bro; ken heart nnd early grave of his widowed wife, I cannot give my vote to the Democratic party in November. I nm no prophet, nor the son of a propli et, but venture to say that this tragedy of Kenling's murder and death, and farce of Herbert's trial and acquittal, will to. remembered by Irishmen who have theprif-ilegcs of adopted citiz ?ns. . ' Yours, respectfully, J. M. consistently maintain that Slavery is im moral, inexpedient, nnd profane, and yet continue to submit to its extension. We know that wo utter bold truths. But the time has now arrived when their utterances can be no longer postponed. The true issue should stand out so boldly and clearly that none mny mistake it. Ti e Great Start. S3T The Albany Evening Journal computes and justly applauds the generous donations of lierrct Smith to free Kansas: "Gelrit Smith has just plodged himself to give 81,530 a month 'or the next twelve months, to aid in establishing freedom, in Sheriff's Eeturn to a Fillmore Circular. Ono of the illustrious twain who conduct! for thoso already sold, the Comnanv will wi'h such untirinc zenl the Fillmore False- have funds amply sufficient lo complete the ! hood Mint in this city sent, some days atro,' road, ready for the iron, in the best man-! a circular to the Sheriff of one. of the counr ncr, nnd without any floating dclt. The ! 'ie of Pennsylvania with instrucifous or iron is expected to be purchased with the ! l'ie formation of Fiilmbre clubs in tho sev-Company's first mortgage bonds, E-islem pral towns in tho county. With the circu-Division, which aro reserved for that pur- lar WB8 a letter stating that as the Sheriff pose. J had been elected by ihe Know Nothings-,- Now, how is the above sum of 150,000 he relied upon his exertions to carry out of bonds lo bo disposed of? Parties out I the only plan by which Fremont could be of Knox county have come nobly forward defeated in Pennsylvania. He,furthcr ur-and provided, as ihe above statement will ! ged, that if tho Sheriff felt that it would bW show, three fourths of the whole sum re- better for other persons to tnke the lead1, to quired to complete this important work. fend the names arid similar circulars and; Cannot the citizens of our county, then, instructions would be forwarded to them, who have so much to lose by the failure of Aflcr a short (ime the Sheriff folded the the road, and so much to gain by its com- circular in the shape of a Jaw process, and1 5 torward and purchase the ie-, maue a special return therein, "That after these bonds, and thus put tho diligent enquiry throughout his district, he'' was compelled to return non est. This may bo relied on as it comes from a warm on-: completion of a work in which they are so vitally interested, beyond all question? Tho Company offer them on such terms ponent of Fremont. X. T. Post, as will make them not only a safe but a profitable investment; for who can doubt that a bond secured not only by a second mortgage upon the road itself, but also upon the "income" of the road, will bo good on:e the road is completed? And it is not desired that Ibis measure should be adopted unless it shall secure iho completion of the roan beyond all perndvtnture Cassias HI. Clay as a "Great Pacific catorV' Tho Indianapolis correspondent of the1' Dayton Journal, is responsible for the following:By tho day. ti stood tiori is laU at Let sius M. Clay, which shows the mettle he . i. - , our citizens come ioiward then nnd put " ",7""' " K"me over irom uayion ) Ihe wheel" this once ? V"!1. ""SWt tfnln- One car was "their shoulders to and tho work is done. Let each one do a little and the thing is accomplished. No ono should stand bick when so great a fill. Old Hickory and Cld Buck. IIebmitaos, Feb'y. 28, 1845 "Your observations with regard to want of moral courage in live affair at the intrigue of Adams and Clay. This lo me, appeared gross corruption, and I repelled it with (hat honest indignation 1 thought it desenol." Acaew Jackson " X3T A gentleman from Butler Co Ohio, informs us ihat in (nvelling a circuit of thny-six miles in the conntry, recently, he was informed of twenly four men, by ao- lual count, immt iliatt ly along his route.who voted for Mt dill last fall, but nro now for Fremont nnd Dayton. It is the same way all over the country. Old Butler is bound to do her duty this foil. Cincinnati Ga-tdlt. Henry Clay on Slavery. "If I could be instrumental in ridJing of tho Foul Blot of Slavery, that revered Sta'e thai gave me birth, or Ihat no less beloved 8;ato wich 1 now represent upon ibis floor, I would not exchange the honor for that of the most successful conquerer that over lived." Paper There are now 750 paper mills la this country, with 2 000 engines constantly engaged in making priniieg paper. The last )er ihey produced 270,000,000 pounds or psper from about 400,000,000 pounds pf rags, which was sold for sboot' f 7,000,00i) d Kith a company of armed Virrrininnn en route for Kansas. They wero a drunk' en, roisy crowd of loafers, and amusec? Knnass. Il rrnv lint 11 thr.rt lim.. clnor. cll ia t., bo mn or h.-,t . ItiemM lVCS Oy pulIltliT the bell rODO and at that Kansas relief nceting in Albany The writer wuold simply suggest, with-; ""Tr." b "';ul pom's not uown on W'.VW, A.tV'l .V IIIIO IIUU Dill. UUUUI. UU. JII .HU QUIJLI.., V I I I 1 1 ft! (lri'l (.-. Il,u .n l?..ii,ri-int P ' I I .. il n,.L l.n ivr.ll f,,i- Plli.V.n In. tee. Out of his funds he subseauentlv I shin to muchnse some 50.000 of the bonds 81U V tlay volunteered his services. He j i r r - ' . a i i . .. ... equipped a Madison county company of; nbovc mentioned, or lako that sum in pre ferred stock by iho issue of its own bonds on 10 or 15 years lime. If this were done their would remain only 512,000 to be disposed of in each of the other township through which the road runs; It is to bo hoped that our pcoplo will pass one hundred picked men, and paid their ix ponses lo tho distant Territory. At Syra cuse he made a votive olTi-rim; on the altar of Liberty of 10,000. When the gener ous subscription nnJe yesterday at Buffa- lft. fclinl! Im .ftmnli'f.v lliia rtftiunmnn ef Freedom" will have given allea-t $-10,000 'not let the present opportunity pass bv'1'0""" c,,m,lr,,c I irginians. They cooled lo make a B publican State out of the without making a last aud successful effort! 80 EUllu,;my. that many passengers slavery coveted Kansas territory. Great i to hi. it.li this ni hearted man! There is no doubt of your I their own. Wl; place in the, history of American republi canism. iiih-j ihuiu. iho conductor hipi in i mm hi n-uy uilsu irreguinn-ies, Wlien WB8 went into the oar and told them IiA a Cassius M. Clay, from K.ntucky that they knew very well he never failed to ac complish any thing he undertook and thai if they did not behave themselves, every man of them should be ejected forthwilh. This sptech hud the desired effect nnn A "Stcmp" of tub "I ivb Oak" hind. The N. Y. Herald comes out with the following: Two matteishave entered largely in the present Presidential campaign, which I wish to dispose of by applying the itr$u-menlum ad homintm. 1st. I will bet 5,000 that John C. Fremont is. not, and never was, a Roman Catholic. ?. I will bet 5.000 Ihat l.c is cot, nnd never was a ilavvholder. The money will be deposited with Duncan, Sherman fc Co. whenever any party signifies his acceptance of either one or both of these wngers. Yours, for Freedom, W. J. A. FlLLKrt P. S. I have sent an au'ogiaph copy of litis challenge to Ihe New Yoik rj)rti. New Yobs, Aug. 14, 1860. .... "If ever you think of marryuig a widow," said an anxious parent to his heir, "select ono whose first husband was hung; that ia tho only way lo prevint her throwing his memory in your face, and making annoting comparisons." "Efen that won't prevent il," exclaimed ft crusty old bachelor, "she'll not only praise him, but say hanging would be loo good lor you. .... John Adams was at one lime called upon by some one to contribute to for eign mis-iions, when he abruptly answer' ed: "I have to give for Ihat purpose, but mere are ncre iu tue vicumj ia uiuinivio, not one ot whom will preach- in each other's pulpit. Now, I will contribute s much and more than any one else to civil-lie thvs tit clergymen-." ad which is so peculiarly . l"ug't tho train s running through a .en strangers livirtir hun- BUOW Ui"'s- drcds of miles away come forward gener ously in aid of llie work, believing tho in . ... i. . i .. i i i . i . jr ' n. i table, when the ladf who presided si hisu were we liens in uni vnuiiiy, who ,v . i , - . , , . , : . i ILO ClI'lS tTA tl'fl-" RHWl fall., ul-.n. (Mr..A The subject of imprenions at first sight was boing talked over at the supper" o er have so much lo gain or lose by its sue cess or failure, a i emu or iosu oy us sue- j i - nd among vhom'the great- " J1" f."J estparlof themoncy tobe used in the eon- II ' "r,K . "?mm' stmclion is lo be expended, to refuse lo lend ! 7 s , , ' V . i i . ..' .., ..... ........ : attracted the attention of present. 'Wo 11 n helping hand. Let us not subject our selves to this reproach. A STOCKHOLDER. tW James B. Clay, son of Henry Clay, has been rovtled to address the democracy, at their Mass Meeting to be held in this riiy on the 27ih inst. The Cincinnati Commercial says of him : "He is (he same "son" who tore down "Ashland," and manufactured timbers into canes and sold them. Unless watched he wiil have hit father's bones out of the grave." "Democracy" is welcome to such sonr ; tiny arc only 'Fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." Can't Afford -It. 'Come io, Jor, and lei's tukc a drink.' Thank ye, Thomas, can't afford it.' 'Well, but I'll pay for it.' 'O, I am not speaking of the money.' 'What then? 'Loss of health and energy, moral principle, character, peace of mind,Stlf-ro-spect, and a sweet breath.' 3T A business letter from Rockforc", III., to a gentleman in Hartford, contains ibis paragraph: "Polities arc at a high rage here all one-sided for Fremont. 1 don't think that is fair. Buchanan will poll about twenty-five votes here, among that twinty fivv I save counted mj self." . ... ( my dear,' sail the fond mother, 'what if ii?' 'I want to know said Young America, 'what was ycur opinion of me, vhe youji'tt taw mtl' tar A letter from Pitlsfield a quitf, little inland town, nestled among the greea hills of Vcimont has the following words "We have in our little town but 136 legal voters. Of these, four are for Buchanan nnd Brecktnridge; all the rest are for Fremont and Dayton; and this is about ihe way ihe figures will stand in November all through I lie Green Mountni.n Slae. W shall claim her us (ho bander Slate' WT The New Haven Joumnl and Couf i.rhns s-cn ft letter from a werlman ia Siroutl Colt's putol factoty at Hartford staling the palilics of the workmen in on department as follows : For Fremont. 100; Buehsnan, 37; Fillra re 3. Thai, he , anyi, is an immense change of opinion, up Buchanan used to have about 100 iuj.iij-ty in these shops. Thru Cheers for tub Smriron f Selkirk was "monarch of all he snrveyt d." Dut as monarchs have gone out of fashion, . we propose merely to make Fremont President of ell he larveys. ISuzSa, Cor ihe 8urreyor 1 llott. Telegraph. . fW A Chicago bookseller; in two days, sold lives of Frcmaot, and ID of eJianan. v 4

If PflJU JPfllwll SwttMICilll al H IL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, S El'T. 2. ibEiT" no! 3 , ... . i ii i , i i i n I j. ii i ..i i i. i. . - - A- lb 1:-, V iUl. VUlUUl JILM'UULIUAIN. session a six pound cannon nnd about b WASHINGTON ON terms: $2,00 Per Annum, If in Advance. ADVEIITISIKG' - The Rifvilioan has the largest rlrculntion in lha count; and la, therefore, the bent medium through which business rnon can advertise. Ad VertUoments will be inserted at tlio followin RATK8. e I o s , a square $ c. $ c. $ c.' c. $ c. $, c , c t n. ,1 001 35 1 75 2 25 3 00 3,50 4,50 G 00 S sqr's., 1 75 3 25 3 25 4 25 5 25 6,00 0,75 8 00 S sqr's., 2 5(3 504 50 '& 00 C 00700 fM0 10 nqr'11,, 3 50 4 00 5 00 fi OH 7 00 8,00 1000 IT" 1 aqtiare changeable) monthly, $IO;weekly, $15 column chancabln quarterly J5 ( column changeable quarterly, 18 Kcolumachangeahle quarterly 25 1 column changeable quarterly 40 ITTwclvo Hue In this typo, are counted a square. , iCTElitorial notices of advertisements, or teallinirattenMon to any enterprise intended to bmiefit individuals or corporations, will be thvifed for at the rate of 10 cents per line. C Special notices, before marriages, ortakine; fcirgee lence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. HTXotices for moetiiiirs, charitable societies, Src companies, Ac, half price. iHT Advertisements displayed inlarge type to be charged one-h ill' more Minn regular rates. ID .111 transient advertisements to be pnid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for a dofinitctime inontioncd THE WAR INKANSAS-PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE AT FRANKLIN.From Chicago papers of Saturday eveningFor copies of which, in ndvnnco of the mail, we are indebted to the kindness of a friend wc tnke the following letter, written by Mr. Wm. Strawn, a gentleman who went out lo Kansas 'at the head of a company of cmigrnnts from Ottawa, III., recently, and was driven back on the Mil- j eouri river by llie ruffi ins. It gives a full ci'SMun n six pound cannon and about a hundred aland of United States muskets, iili which tin v h id annoyed, robbed anl murdered peaceable citis-.1 ns as (hey liked, unm last wcck some oi luo free fct.ite men concluded to drive them out. They were I a.m.. in a log nouse line a up lort iuBbion, and the Free Slate men had nothing better limn ennrpe s rules with which lo make the assault and hence worked to great disadvantage. They succeeded in getting ono of their met, killed and Jwo badly, and two more ilightly wounded, when they found it nccissmy to change their mode of attack A wagon filled with dry hay was procured and having been sit on firo was run up against the house, when the ruffians cried for qunrler in timo to save the house, and wsgon too. Most of the hounds had made their escape in the darkness and probably carried away all the arms Ihey could. The Frio Slnto party obtained eighty guns, mostly with bayonets, one six-pound cannon, about twelve hundred pounds of bacon, beside a quantity of flour, sugar, coffee, etc., together with fourteen priso ners. All the articles except the prisoners were much needed by the free state men, and all they could do with them was to exact a promiso that they would leave the country; they then let them go. Some of these same prisoners were sren within two hours with guns on their shoulders. You may ask why they did not shoot the miscreants on the spot, instead of lettintr them go to commit similar outrages to those already committed. When the most abandoned men cry for quarter, however indignant or c-nrnged we may fuel toward them for their cruellies, we relent and refuse lo in flict on them the punishment our reason tells us justice requires. I remain yours for God and the right Wm. Etbawh. P. S. Should any one object to the nnmo "hounds," by which we designate these murderers and" robbers, I will only remnrk, (lint in the more expressive nnd emphatic language of the Free State Mis-sovriun, they are designated "hell hound." SLAVERY. A Black Record. The Buchanan Press of the Free S ntcs are assiduous in their efforts to induce I ! I I . . ... .1... I ... L...1.. I ' c mm i.u, nccuunt o, .,, , uim e nftAm () lMf Franklin, firmer details of which have dftle g R d rftolI nm, wi jr (I(C. bjen sogrossly perverted by p.o-Slave.y ,d .nrovebllue interests of the North. - . T . - reporters Topeka, K. T.. Aug. 14, 1055. Mk'siis Editors. The advance guard of "Col. Line's men" arrived at this place to-day at about 2 o'clock P. M., altir a wearisome j urr.ey of about four weeks from Iowa City. The writer hs been with them a liitlu more than half that time, nnd Inkes pi ns-ure in testifying to their good bebuvior and inlelliger.ee. When so many men get together, it requires a good share of principle, patience and good sense on the part of all, to get non without some difficulty ; but, as I have raid elsi where, these were most of them picked men, and worthy the cause in 'which they were engaged. Tney are men of peace, and in Kansus will moLstnoonc who docs not attempt to impose upon them. The Chicago, Ottowi, and Massachusetts companies who was robbed on the Missouri river, are here, and will not bo robbed the second time, but are ready to reiaketlnir property whenever found. With regaid to tie difpoEricn of the "army," and the diff. rent seats of its future fields of ptnciful industry or determined war, ns our enemies may elect, I would inform your readers and all interested, that after founding the town of Plymouth, and peopling it with at this time more than a hundred sou's, ihe first morning after we entered the Territory, we nexl founded ihe Town of L' x'nglon a day's march farthtr into the country nnd towards Toptka, pcopleing it at the same time with about sixty inhabitants. Twoda's march further and between the Kickapoo and Pottawattomie Reserves, was planted nnother village and inhabited by about eighty person. The remainder of this "advance guard" came on to this place, and lid scarcely arrived, (ill a messenger came informing us that Major Iloyt, of Lawrence, had bten taken piuoner.and shot by a band of Gov. Shannon's militia, who are entrenched on Washington creek, about ten miles from Lawrence. The messenger came wi.h a request for volunteers to help drivo the marauders from their strong position, when the business or the messenger was made knowu to the men by the different conductors, ihe men all volunteered, while at the sarfte time conveyances could be had for only about a hundred, nd how to make the division without sorely disappointing those left behind, the conductors could not tell. Finally, as the Chicago, Ottawa, and Massachusetts ccmpnnies had once been robbed by these hounds of slavery, the preference was given to them. As secrecy was somewhat necessary, wc did not start till nesrly sundown. The distance being thirty miles, and over n rough road, we did not arrive in (be Free State Camp till about daybreak this morning, where we found assembled within one hour nfter we arrived, about three hundred men all eager for the conflict. . But during the night affairs had become complicated, as usual, by the appearance of a squad of United 8tales soldiers, dirown between the murderers and the people assembled for their dispersion. As usual, after having committed the coldblooded murder of Major Uo) t, the Governor sent them a guard. This same company of soldiers are the remains of a company of about eighty South Carolinians, Georgians and Alabamians, who lately enlisted as United Stales soldiers for the very prpose in which they are now engngei. When I left the camp in the forenoon, it lisd not been decided whether to route the hounds, soldiers and all ; or to make a demonstration against some other kennel, in order lo drsiw off the ruffian soldiery and loute the murders then. Befors closing this long letter, I will fcritfly state the circumstances in regard to Ihe attack made on the ruffians' fort in the lown of Franklin. last 8tlurdsy night.. Ihe Southera hoouds had there in pos- To show what confi lence the North could have in him, we give tho following record of his acts, whiisn we cut from the Charles ton (South LnrolinaJ Jlercuiy, a paper that gives Buchanan nn enrnest support. After a review of Buchanan's course in reference to the Compromise of 1850, the Mertu y says : This brings down his record on slavery, to his signature of the Oslcnd letter for the acquis'rion of Cub, nnd his endorsement of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise line, and of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. To sum tip the record : In 1C3G, he advocated and voted for bill lo prevent the admission of incendiary publications through the mails. He advocated and voted for the admis sion of Aikni.sr.s. He opposed and denounced petitions for the abolition of sluvtry in the Dutrict of Columbi:. , In 1 C37, ho voted for Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, which embraced a complete, conclusive and dinct assertion of iho consti tutional righls of the Suites, of slavery, and of die ol'uialwns of Lo)ares to "sthenctiien and uphold" THE INSTI TUTIONS OF THE SOUTH. In 1838-39 and 40, he voted constantly with Mr. Calhoun, in laying aboli.ion pi titions on the table. In 1845, he advocated and voted for the Annexaiion of Texas. In 1847, he sustained the Clayton Compromise.In Ib50, he urged tic faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law upon the people of the Noi th, nnd openly remonstrated against tho State of Pennsylvania denying lo die Fediral authorities ihe use of her prisons lor the detention oi lugiuve slaves. Jn 1854. he advocated acquisition ot uu-ba.In 1856, he sustnins the repeal of tho Missturi Compromise line, and the Nebraska bill. On all occasions, and under all circumstances, in the face of opposition in his own State, and among his own people, during a career of lh':ty-six years in Con gress, in the Cabinet, and in retirement, by his tpecches and by his votes, Mr. Gu chanan has been the same unwavering and consistent defender of the Constitution, the equality of the States, nnd the rights and honor of the South. We challenge the production of a single-act of his life tainted with Frecjoiiism or hosti ity to the South." Will Northern Freemen support a man with such a rtcord ? We think not. A Judicial Method of Letting Light into the Body. Judob Hublbcrt. This esteemed democrat, now a resident of llermiker county, made a routing Fa monl speech nt lllion, on Friday last. The Independent says he enlivened his condemnation of Fillmore's slave law with the following anecdo'e: Once, when the Judge returned from Albany to New Yoik, where he had been attending to his official duties, he met a number of the Castle Garden Union Saving Committee in the streets, and in the course of conversation remarked that if a certain Fugitive Slave case had been cal-Kd before him, after hearing counsel, and finding a clear ease, he should have taken great pleasure in giving the negro his free dom. "Then," said the Union saver, "1 would have tuken you by the collar and hurled you from the Bench." "Had you undertaken lhat'tatk, and I been aware of it, I would have prepared myself, and put more light through your body than ever you had in your brain," replied the Judge. Albany ' Journal. ,'. r. The poor pittance of seventy yesrs is not worth being a villain for. What matters it if your neighbor lies in a fp!en-did tomb? Slp tbou in inoecnof, - w The following extracts are made from the writings of George Washington, in twelve volumes, by J.irud Sparki. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1847. If Washington wtra living now, and would avow hiich sentiments as these, he would bo banished from Virginia, and the black democracy from one end of tho Union to tho other, would brand him as a sec-tionalist, dlsunionist and abolitionist. "Tho scheme, my dear Marquis, which you propose as a precedent to encourago the emancipation of tho black people in this country, from that state of bondage in which they are held, is a strikinnrcvidenco of the benevolence of your heart. I shall be hnppy to join you in so lnudablo a woik; but will defer coim; into a detail of the bu siness till I have the pleasure of seeing you." Letter to Lafayette, April 5th, 1701, VUl-114. "I hope it will not bo conceived from these observations that it is mv -vsinh hold the unhappy people, who are the sunject oi tins letter, in tlavery. I can on ly say, that there is not a man livinr. hn wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adop:ed for tho abolition of it, but there is only ono proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is hv nmintvn atitlir..!:.. nnA .1.1.. r..u j ,v i.uwjviiij', mm una, na lur as my sua rage wiil go, shall never ha want ing." Letter to Robert Morris, April 12ih, 1 I CO, 1A, 10U. "I never mean, unless some'parlicular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess anotner slave by purchase, it be ing among my Grst wishes to see some tlan j . . j i , . ... r uuopiea oy which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." Letter to John U. Mercer, Sept, 9ih, 1786, IX. 159, "The benevolence of vour heart, mv dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it; but your lite purchase of an estate in the colony of Cay enne, with a view of (mnncipaling Ihe slaves on it, is a noble nnd generous proof of your humani ly. Would lo God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of Un people of ill is country. But I despair of seeing it. oiimo petitions wero presented to the Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they coulJ scarcely obtain a rtadinu'. To set the slaves afloat nt mice woul.l, I really believe, be productive of much inconvenience and mischief, but by dfgices it certainly might and assuredly ought to be ffl't-ctcd, and that looby legislative nu horily." Letter to Lafayette, May 10Ji, 178C, IX, 1G3. rSpenkins; of the prices of lands bcinfr v . o nigiier m I'ennFylvania thnn in Maryland and Virginia, though not of superior qual ity, usningion gave as one ol the reasons "because there are laws here for the grad ual abolition of slavery, which neither of the two States above mentioned have at present, but which nothing is more certain than that they must have, and at n period not remote." Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Dec. lltb, 1796, XII, 626. , JEFFEBSON ON SLAVERY. His views as expressed by letter to M. D. Miiboij of the French 'legation, on his course in the Virginia Legislature, where he introduced a bill to abolish slavery.lie said: Our minds were circumscribed within uairow limits, by a habitual belief that it wm! our Ju y to ba subordinate to the mother country in matters of Government, to direct alt our labors in subsidence to her interests, and even to observe a bigoted intolerance of all religions but hers. The difficulties of our Represen'a lives were of habit and despair, not of re-fleciron andconviotion. Jefferson's Life, page 36. IS HIS MOTES T.) M. MAKDOU He said: Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only Grm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gifts of lioof J bat they are to be violated but with his wrath. Indeed I tremble for my couutry when I reroembi;r that GoJ is just, that his justice cannot sleep forcvir; that considering numbers, nature, and natur il means, only a revolution in the wheel of fortune, on exchange of situation possible; that it becomes probably by supernatural inteferenccl Tho Almighty has no attribute which can take sides tth us in such ft contest. Life, page 37. The following was penned by Mr. Jef ferson while in France upon learning of the passage of a Bill in the Virginia Legislature without his anti-slavery amendment: "What a stupendous work, what an in comprehensible machine is man! who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and death i'self, in vindication of his own iberly, and the nixl momvnt bo deaf to all those motives whose power supported him through his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with mure misery, thau a"cs of that which ho rose in rebellion to oppose I But we must await with ptiiencv thi work ings of on overruling Providence, and that lliul ie preparing the deliverance of lltese our suffering brethren. When Ihs measure of their (enrs shall be full, when I In i r groans shall nave invoiven Heaven in ugli ness, doubtless a liod ol justice ill awake In tln ir r'nlri'ss nml bv fllllusuirr Ui lit and , . a a liberty among their oppressors, or nt length by his ex'eraioa'.ing uundor, manifest attention to the things of this world, nnd they are not left lo ihe guidance of a blind fatality. Life, page 142. jKFrsasoN wiots as rotLows T) A fbiend: Tho whole commerce between master and slave is a perpelu il exercise of the most boisterous pasnions, (he most uo remitting despotism on lite on a part, and degrading submission on the other. Our ehiUren see this and learn lo imitate it, for man is an imitative animal, this quality is llie germ of all education in him. from his cradle to his grave he is L-arnnig to do what hu sees others do. If a pareni ccu'd Gad no other motive either in his philanthropy or self l"ve, for restraining the intemperance of passion towards his slave, it khould be always a sufficient one that his child i ntcnt. Jut g tttrall I: is cot sufficient, The parent storms, the child louks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same, airs in the circls of smal ler slaves, gives loose to his worst passions ana thus nursed, educated, and daily educated in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it, with odious peculiarities. The man must bo a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undeprnved, by such circumstances. And with what txecrution should the Statesman be loaded, who permitting ono half of tho citizens thus to trample on the rights of the other; transforming those into despots, and these into enemies; destroying tho morals of ono part and the love of couutry of the other. For if a slave can have a country in this world it must be any other than that in which he is oorn to l.vo and labor for nnothir; in which ho must lock up tho faculties of his j niiturfl, contributes as far as depends oa his individual endeavors to Ihe evanishment of the human rnco, or entail his own miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding fiom hitn. Life, page 185. wehteii on n-wnr.v, Said Mr. Webster in his Marshfield speech in 1848: "I ft el that thero is nothing unjust, nothing of which any honest man can complain, if he is intelligent, and I fec i that there is nothing of which ihe ciiilized world, if Ihey lake notice of so humble an individual m myself, will repreiich me when I say, as I said the oihir day, that I have made up my mind, for one, that under no circumstances will I consent lo Ihe extension of the area of slareiy in the United States, or to the further increase of slave representation in the House of It presentatives." And again, in 1850: "Sir, wherever there isa particular good to be done; wherever there is a foot of laud to be staid back from becoming slave ter-rilory, I r.m ready to assert the principle of Iho exclusion of slavery." On another occasion in 1850, Mr. Clay said: "I have said that I could never vote for it myself; nnd I repeat that I never can and never will vote, and no earthly power ever will make me vote, to spread slavery over territory where it does not exist." Buchanan not Banning. The following sctr.e, which happened at Eston, Pa, is given by the New York Times : Two old associates, who had in former years worked shoulder lo shoulder in the phalanx of "the unterrified," chanced to meet, and feeling a natural curiosity, in these changeful days, as to each other's present political whereabouts, a brief col on uy ensuod: "Well Judge," says the first interlocu tor, "where do you stand? You go iu for Buchanan, I suppose?" "Sir," responds the other, "there is no man I have thought more of than Jim liu chanan. I should like to go for Jim Bu chanan, and I would go for Jim Buchanan, if he was running; but as he isn't a candi date, I must go for some one else." "Not running! !not a candidate! Why, Judge. I am a little dull; I shall have to ask for an explanation.' Its plain enough. I said Jim Buchanan was not running, and I have his word for it sir. Jim Buclnnan has extinguished himself ; changed, merged, transmogrified iiimsen into a platform, uon t he my so himself iu his acceptance of the Cincinna'i nomination ? I tell you that it is not Buchanan, Sir, hut the Cincinnati Matfam that is running ; and as I don't like the Platform, and have a fancy for voting lor a man, I shall vote for Fremont, sir." A Man with Eleven Wivts. Thero is said to be now living in ihe neighborhood of Glasgow, Scotland, a Kdy in her one hundred nnd S'.vemh year; and v,eiy recently another female isjeported to have died at Ihe ago of one hundred and one; while a carpenter named John Walney died in Glasgow, in 1757, who was actually one hundred and twenty four years old. lie mairied eleven wives, all of whom he buried, and of I is seventeen children lire survived him, wh.iFe unnited rges amounted to three hundied and twerty six years. Sizt! of tub West. Illinois would make forty such States ns lltiodn Iiland and Minnesota sixty. Missouri is larger than all New Englnnd. Ouio .exceeds cither Ireland or Scotland, or Portugal, and equals Belgium and Switzerland together. Missouri is more than half as large as Italy, and largT than Denmark, Holland, Belgium nnd Swilz-rlnnd. Missouri and Illinois are larger than England, Seo'.hind, Ireland nnd Wnles. From tin Ulchniond (Vs.) Enquirer me irue issue. The Democrats of the South in the present canvass sannot rely on Ihs old1 grounds of dufeneo and excuse for Slavery j for they seek not merely lo rutain it where it is, hut extend it into regions where ii is unknown. Much less cm, they rely on the mere constitutional guarantees of Slavery, for l ueh reliance is pregnant with ihe admissoin that Slavery is wrong, and but for the Constitution should bt abolished. This constitutional argument Air Slavery, standing alone, fully justifies the Ab-litionistc. They are clearly right, if Slavery bo morally wrong, for to get rid of it under the Constitution, is confessedly im practicable. In truth, tho Constitution cannot help Slavery, if it be a violation of tho laws of God and of morality, In that case, the Constitution should be changed, or the free States should secede, rather than continuo to guaranty what they consider immorral Hi'd profane. Tho Constitution cannot help Slavery fur nnother reason. That institu tion, txtinding through fifteen States, and iuttr-ramiGud with the interests, tho feelings, and ihe very existence of many millions of men, is much stronger than the Constitution. It would bo far easier to change or violate the Constitution, thnn to abolish Slavery. Besides Slavery is old'.r than tho Constitution, existed before it.and independently of it. We derive no right to our slaves from it, and weaken our cause by seeming to rely on it. Nor will it avail us aught to show that the negro is most happy and best tituated in the condition of Slavery. If we slop there, we weaken our cause by the very argument intended to advance it; for we propose to introduce into new territory, human beings whom we assert to bo until for liberty, self-government, nnd equal association with other men. We must go a step further. We mut show that African Slavery is moral, religious, natural, and probably, in (he general, ft necessary in stitution of society. This is the only line of arrangement that will enablo Southern Democrats to maintain the doctrines of State equality and Slavery extension. For if Slavery be not a legitimate, useful, moral, nnd expedient institution, wc c mnot, without reprotf of conscience and the blush of shame, seek to extend it, or assert our equality with those States having no such institution. Noithcin Democrats need not go thus far. They do not seek to extend Slavery, but only agree to its extension as a matter of right on our part. They may prefer their own social system to ours. It is best that they should. Our friends are conservatives at home, and conservatives of the Union conservative of religion, of marriage, of property, of State institutions, nnd of Federal institutions. . But whilst social Springfield, Mt. Vernon nnd Pittsburgh xinuroaa Mr. KmroB leehng deep Interest In tliOKllairs of Die BminirnVld. Mt. Vernon and Pitt, burgh Itui.road, the completion of which wouiu uo oi ucn signal bent fit to the city of Mi. Vernon, ana! even mors so to Knox county ; and believing Ihr.t a l!t tie light in reference to the subject would noi pe unacceptable to the people at th:s time, the writer of these paragraphs nas laien me pains lo collect some lolor roation regarding iho prospects of this rona. ins inquiries instituted for this purpose, have for their result the tabular statement given below. The figures of hub siaiement may lie relied upon as correct, since ihey have been obtuiued at Lead quarters: Arrangements arc being mado with tho Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne A Chicago K tilroad Co. by which thnt Company lakes of Preferred Slock of tho S. Mt.V- & P. lload, 675,000 A like arrangement are being made with tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lUihoad Co... 75,000 In addition to the above, an arrangement is also being made, by which contractors sgroe to take $200,000 of second mortgage bonds, eastern divi.ion, 6. Ml. V. & P. Tioad, in payment cn ennstruciion of work yet lo bo done, at 75 cents on the dollar 160,000 Unpaid tubsoriplioii8 in Knox county, available and not collected, at least 50,000 Unpaid subscription of O. & P. Kailroad 23,000 they mav prefer their own social system they will have to admit in this canvass thnt ours is also rightful nnd legitimate, and sanctioned alike by the opinions, usiges of .. ' j mankind, and by the authority and express P e. , f injunctions of Scripture They cannot Xi of $373,000 The above is the amount of cash means which the ofllcr rs of ih Company are con fident oi having the commnnd of in a very short lime, all to bo applied lo the construction of the road east of Delaware. Besides this, there will remain cn hand 8 158,000' of the Company's second mortgage Bonds on the Eastern Division of their road. If these can be disposed of, cn terms as lavornble as lias been obtained Lett r from au Irishman. Editor Clsrrlsnd L'fSilt-r. . Last Thursday I sent ft brief letter tot (ho t li orof the I'lain Dialer, asking at' a subsoriber and reader of his jiurnal, toj ezpre:s n few sentiments which animate my n,ind, After reading the communication he said he would "publish and answefc it at tli same lime;" bat has not as ye( done ti.I.er, actf iherefoie I ask from you ihe privilege te express the sentiments oon taiiud in sail ktUr. ,,., , I am an Irishman. Bafore I trod yoifij beautiful soil I haJ read the history and eoastilation of tho Uuited States una Inn- ged, hicause born unJer aernel despotism io see the day when I could breathe the free air of American liberty. After coming here I ia eomraoi with my countrymen looked to the Democratic party, aa the, ono whiso principles were more in harmony with the spirit and letter of the consti-tution: so I nlays gave them my humble support. But S;r, on close ex ittiination I tind that Democratic W(forundraciM are two very different things. It was asserted in the Plain DoaM Mt Herbert, tho brutal muderer of my countryman, (Kcatin.j) "wai a Know Noth. ing," And later, that alter tho triaf aud acquittal of Herbert, ho could he.jr,. pel led Iroin the House, aud thereby weaken the char.ee of the Democratic candi-j dale for President, if the choice should go to that body. Now, if Herbert is a Know Nothing, according to the Plain Dealer, how can his "exnuUion" weaken the Dem-! ocatie cause? The insonsisteney is too plain not to bo seen. By the blood of the murdered Keating,) which has b-.-en made to flow by the haud of a Democratic Legislator, and the bro; ken heart nnd early grave of his widowed wife, I cannot give my vote to the Democratic party in November. I nm no prophet, nor the son of a propli et, but venture to say that this tragedy of Kenling's murder and death, and farce of Herbert's trial and acquittal, will to. remembered by Irishmen who have theprif-ilegcs of adopted citiz ?ns. . ' Yours, respectfully, J. M. consistently maintain that Slavery is im moral, inexpedient, nnd profane, and yet continue to submit to its extension. We know that wo utter bold truths. But the time has now arrived when their utterances can be no longer postponed. The true issue should stand out so boldly and clearly that none mny mistake it. Ti e Great Start. S3T The Albany Evening Journal computes and justly applauds the generous donations of lierrct Smith to free Kansas: "Gelrit Smith has just plodged himself to give 81,530 a month 'or the next twelve months, to aid in establishing freedom, in Sheriff's Eeturn to a Fillmore Circular. Ono of the illustrious twain who conduct! for thoso already sold, the Comnanv will wi'h such untirinc zenl the Fillmore False- have funds amply sufficient lo complete the ! hood Mint in this city sent, some days atro,' road, ready for the iron, in the best man-! a circular to the Sheriff of one. of the counr ncr, nnd without any floating dclt. The ! 'ie of Pennsylvania with instrucifous or iron is expected to be purchased with the ! l'ie formation of Fiilmbre clubs in tho sev-Company's first mortgage bonds, E-islem pral towns in tho county. With the circu-Division, which aro reserved for that pur- lar WB8 a letter stating that as the Sheriff pose. J had been elected by ihe Know Nothings-,- Now, how is the above sum of 150,000 he relied upon his exertions to carry out of bonds lo bo disposed of? Parties out I the only plan by which Fremont could be of Knox county have come nobly forward defeated in Pennsylvania. He,furthcr ur-and provided, as ihe above statement will ! ged, that if tho Sheriff felt that it would bW show, three fourths of the whole sum re- better for other persons to tnke the lead1, to quired to complete this important work. fend the names arid similar circulars and; Cannot the citizens of our county, then, instructions would be forwarded to them, who have so much to lose by the failure of Aflcr a short (ime the Sheriff folded the the road, and so much to gain by its com- circular in the shape of a Jaw process, and1 5 torward and purchase the ie-, maue a special return therein, "That after these bonds, and thus put tho diligent enquiry throughout his district, he'' was compelled to return non est. This may bo relied on as it comes from a warm on-: completion of a work in which they are so vitally interested, beyond all question? Tho Company offer them on such terms ponent of Fremont. X. T. Post, as will make them not only a safe but a profitable investment; for who can doubt that a bond secured not only by a second mortgage upon the road itself, but also upon the "income" of the road, will bo good on:e the road is completed? And it is not desired that Ibis measure should be adopted unless it shall secure iho completion of the roan beyond all perndvtnture Cassias HI. Clay as a "Great Pacific catorV' Tho Indianapolis correspondent of the1' Dayton Journal, is responsible for the following:By tho day. ti stood tiori is laU at Let sius M. Clay, which shows the mettle he . i. - , our citizens come ioiward then nnd put " ",7""' " K"me over irom uayion ) Ihe wheel" this once ? V"!1. ""SWt tfnln- One car was "their shoulders to and tho work is done. Let each one do a little and the thing is accomplished. No ono should stand bick when so great a fill. Old Hickory and Cld Buck. IIebmitaos, Feb'y. 28, 1845 "Your observations with regard to want of moral courage in live affair at the intrigue of Adams and Clay. This lo me, appeared gross corruption, and I repelled it with (hat honest indignation 1 thought it desenol." Acaew Jackson " X3T A gentleman from Butler Co Ohio, informs us ihat in (nvelling a circuit of thny-six miles in the conntry, recently, he was informed of twenly four men, by ao- lual count, immt iliatt ly along his route.who voted for Mt dill last fall, but nro now for Fremont nnd Dayton. It is the same way all over the country. Old Butler is bound to do her duty this foil. Cincinnati Ga-tdlt. Henry Clay on Slavery. "If I could be instrumental in ridJing of tho Foul Blot of Slavery, that revered Sta'e thai gave me birth, or Ihat no less beloved 8;ato wich 1 now represent upon ibis floor, I would not exchange the honor for that of the most successful conquerer that over lived." Paper There are now 750 paper mills la this country, with 2 000 engines constantly engaged in making priniieg paper. The last )er ihey produced 270,000,000 pounds or psper from about 400,000,000 pounds pf rags, which was sold for sboot' f 7,000,00i) d Kith a company of armed Virrrininnn en route for Kansas. They wero a drunk' en, roisy crowd of loafers, and amusec? Knnass. Il rrnv lint 11 thr.rt lim.. clnor. cll ia t., bo mn or h.-,t . ItiemM lVCS Oy pulIltliT the bell rODO and at that Kansas relief nceting in Albany The writer wuold simply suggest, with-; ""Tr." b "';ul pom's not uown on W'.VW, A.tV'l .V IIIIO IIUU Dill. UUUUI. UU. JII .HU QUIJLI.., V I I I 1 1 ft! (lri'l (.-. Il,u .n l?..ii,ri-int P ' I I .. il n,.L l.n ivr.ll f,,i- Plli.V.n In. tee. Out of his funds he subseauentlv I shin to muchnse some 50.000 of the bonds 81U V tlay volunteered his services. He j i r r - ' . a i i . .. ... equipped a Madison county company of; nbovc mentioned, or lako that sum in pre ferred stock by iho issue of its own bonds on 10 or 15 years lime. If this were done their would remain only 512,000 to be disposed of in each of the other township through which the road runs; It is to bo hoped that our pcoplo will pass one hundred picked men, and paid their ix ponses lo tho distant Territory. At Syra cuse he made a votive olTi-rim; on the altar of Liberty of 10,000. When the gener ous subscription nnJe yesterday at Buffa- lft. fclinl! Im .ftmnli'f.v lliia rtftiunmnn ef Freedom" will have given allea-t $-10,000 'not let the present opportunity pass bv'1'0""" c,,m,lr,,c I irginians. They cooled lo make a B publican State out of the without making a last aud successful effort! 80 EUllu,;my. that many passengers slavery coveted Kansas territory. Great i to hi. it.li this ni hearted man! There is no doubt of your I their own. Wl; place in the, history of American republi canism. iiih-j ihuiu. iho conductor hipi in i mm hi n-uy uilsu irreguinn-ies, Wlien WB8 went into the oar and told them IiA a Cassius M. Clay, from K.ntucky that they knew very well he never failed to ac complish any thing he undertook and thai if they did not behave themselves, every man of them should be ejected forthwilh. This sptech hud the desired effect nnn A "Stcmp" of tub "I ivb Oak" hind. The N. Y. Herald comes out with the following: Two matteishave entered largely in the present Presidential campaign, which I wish to dispose of by applying the itr$u-menlum ad homintm. 1st. I will bet 5,000 that John C. Fremont is. not, and never was, a Roman Catholic. ?. I will bet 5.000 Ihat l.c is cot, nnd never was a ilavvholder. The money will be deposited with Duncan, Sherman fc Co. whenever any party signifies his acceptance of either one or both of these wngers. Yours, for Freedom, W. J. A. FlLLKrt P. S. I have sent an au'ogiaph copy of litis challenge to Ihe New Yoik rj)rti. New Yobs, Aug. 14, 1860. .... "If ever you think of marryuig a widow," said an anxious parent to his heir, "select ono whose first husband was hung; that ia tho only way lo prevint her throwing his memory in your face, and making annoting comparisons." "Efen that won't prevent il," exclaimed ft crusty old bachelor, "she'll not only praise him, but say hanging would be loo good lor you. .... John Adams was at one lime called upon by some one to contribute to for eign mis-iions, when he abruptly answer' ed: "I have to give for Ihat purpose, but mere are ncre iu tue vicumj ia uiuinivio, not one ot whom will preach- in each other's pulpit. Now, I will contribute s much and more than any one else to civil-lie thvs tit clergymen-." ad which is so peculiarly . l"ug't tho train s running through a .en strangers livirtir hun- BUOW Ui"'s- drcds of miles away come forward gener ously in aid of llie work, believing tho in . ... i. . i .. i i i . i . jr ' n. i table, when the ladf who presided si hisu were we liens in uni vnuiiiy, who ,v . i , - . , , . , : . i ILO ClI'lS tTA tl'fl-" RHWl fall., ul-.n. (Mr..A The subject of imprenions at first sight was boing talked over at the supper" o er have so much lo gain or lose by its sue cess or failure, a i emu or iosu oy us sue- j i - nd among vhom'the great- " J1" f."J estparlof themoncy tobe used in the eon- II ' "r,K . "?mm' stmclion is lo be expended, to refuse lo lend ! 7 s , , ' V . i i . ..' .., ..... ........ : attracted the attention of present. 'Wo 11 n helping hand. Let us not subject our selves to this reproach. A STOCKHOLDER. tW James B. Clay, son of Henry Clay, has been rovtled to address the democracy, at their Mass Meeting to be held in this riiy on the 27ih inst. The Cincinnati Commercial says of him : "He is (he same "son" who tore down "Ashland," and manufactured timbers into canes and sold them. Unless watched he wiil have hit father's bones out of the grave." "Democracy" is welcome to such sonr ; tiny arc only 'Fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." Can't Afford -It. 'Come io, Jor, and lei's tukc a drink.' Thank ye, Thomas, can't afford it.' 'Well, but I'll pay for it.' 'O, I am not speaking of the money.' 'What then? 'Loss of health and energy, moral principle, character, peace of mind,Stlf-ro-spect, and a sweet breath.' 3T A business letter from Rockforc", III., to a gentleman in Hartford, contains ibis paragraph: "Polities arc at a high rage here all one-sided for Fremont. 1 don't think that is fair. Buchanan will poll about twenty-five votes here, among that twinty fivv I save counted mj self." . ... ( my dear,' sail the fond mother, 'what if ii?' 'I want to know said Young America, 'what was ycur opinion of me, vhe youji'tt taw mtl' tar A letter from Pitlsfield a quitf, little inland town, nestled among the greea hills of Vcimont has the following words "We have in our little town but 136 legal voters. Of these, four are for Buchanan nnd Brecktnridge; all the rest are for Fremont and Dayton; and this is about ihe way ihe figures will stand in November all through I lie Green Mountni.n Slae. W shall claim her us (ho bander Slate' WT The New Haven Joumnl and Couf i.rhns s-cn ft letter from a werlman ia Siroutl Colt's putol factoty at Hartford staling the palilics of the workmen in on department as follows : For Fremont. 100; Buehsnan, 37; Fillra re 3. Thai, he , anyi, is an immense change of opinion, up Buchanan used to have about 100 iuj.iij-ty in these shops. Thru Cheers for tub Smriron f Selkirk was "monarch of all he snrveyt d." Dut as monarchs have gone out of fashion, . we propose merely to make Fremont President of ell he larveys. ISuzSa, Cor ihe 8urreyor 1 llott. Telegraph. . fW A Chicago bookseller; in two days, sold lives of Frcmaot, and ID of eJianan. v 4